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G. B. HAMLIN.

BUGKBOARD VEHICLE. No. 410,094. i Patented Aug. 27 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. HAMLIN, or PRovIDENoE, RHODE ISLAND.

, BUCKBOARD-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,094, dated August2'7, 1889. 1 Application filed December 19, 1888. Serial No. 294,058.(llo model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. HAMLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BuckboardVehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact-description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to certain new and usefulimprovements intwo-seated buckboards, and has for its object to provide an additionalseat to a buckboard, which seat shall be readily secured to and removedfrom the vehicle, while at the same time the weight of the seat and itsload shall be sustained wholly by the rear axle and not by the board.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements, such as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective of abuckboard-vehicle embodying my improvement, the wheels being omitted;Fig. 2, a detail plan of the rear axle, showing particularlythe twostaples within which the seat-springs are secured; and Fig. 3, a detailbroken view showing the manner of securing the seat-bars.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures.

A is the board, and B the seat secured thereto.

C are bars, to the upper ends of which is secured a seat D. The lowerends of said bars are fastened to the bottom of the front seat-frame Eby cheek-plates G, placed on opposite sides of said ends and frame, and

bolts 1 2, passed through said plates within the frame and bars,respectively.

I are springs, the upper extremities whereof are clipped at J to thebars, the lower ends being formed into a hook K.

L are staples secured to the rear axle and affordingrearwardly-extending eyes M.

The manner of securing the seat D in position is as follows: The lowerends of the springs are hooked within the eyes M and .the seat swung toelevated position, bringing the bars 0 into such location relative tothe frame E that the cheek-plates G (which are always left attached tothe ends of said bars) will extend on opposite sides of the bottom ofsaid frame. The bolts 2 are now passed through the plates and frame.

The manner described of securing these bars is immaterial, since verymany contrivances can be utilized in this connection, and I do-not wishto be circumscribed by the use of said plates G and bolts 1 2. Also, itwill be obvious that the lower ends of the springs may be attached tothe rear axle by clips or V by the use of any ordinaryclamping device,

and I have shown eyes within which said springs are hooked merely toillustrate the facility with which said springs can be attached to anddetached from the axle.

It will be observed that the load on the rear seat is sustained whollyby the axle, and that all strain on the staples is exerted by thesprings backward, thus preventing any rattling of the spring-couplings.

I claim- 1. In a buckboard-vehicle, a rear or additional seat mounted onsupporting-bars secured to the body of the vehicle, in combination withsprings secured at their ends re spectively to the rear axle and thesaid bars, substantially as set forth.

2. In abuckboard-vehicle, the combination, with the seatrsupporting barsdetachably secured to the vehicle-body, of the springs, the upper endswhereof are fastened to said bars while the lower extremities areremovably attached to the rear axle, substantially as shown and setforth.

3. The combination of the seat-supporting bars, seat-frame, cheek-platesand bolts having hooks formed at their lower extremi- 5 ties forconnection with said staples and clipped at their upper ends to saidbars, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

4. In abuckboard, the combination, with the seat mounted on suitablesupports detaeha- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in bly coi1nected to the body of the buekboard, presence of two Witnesses. ofindependent springs secured to the hind GEORGE E. HAMLIN axle andsustaining said seat, whereby any 5 load on said seat is supported bythe rear Witnesses:

axle and not by the board, substantially as THOMAS A. J ENCKES, setforth. SAMUEL, S. STONE.

